Lollar Special T Series® Neck
Item #: 10-101-11
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Inspired by the early 1950s Fender Broadcaster pickups, the Lollar Special T Series® is our most popular Tele® pickup—and for good reason! Punchy and powerful, it offers focused midrange with a small bump in compression and a smooth top end. A versatile pickup suitable for a wide variety of playing styles, the Special T is a great fit for players who find most Tele pickups to be too bright, or those looking for a slightly hotter and darker tone while still evoking the best of the Fullerton-era Fender sound.
Can’t decide which Lollar Tele pickups are right for you? Our Tele Pickup Comparison video will help you understand—and hear—the differences between our four most popular Tele pickup sets. WATCH VIDEO
Avg. DC: Neck 6.3K (Read about DC resistance)
Recommended Potentiometers: 250k
Recommended Capacitor: 0.047μF
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Pre-wired Kit for Teles
Upgrading the electronics in a Tele® yourself couldn’t be easier than it is with our new Lollar Pre-wired Kits. The kits are hand-wired in our shop and meet Jason Lollar’s preferred specifications.
Whether you’re installing new pickups and want high-quality electronics to go with them, or you want to upgrade the stock electronics in your Tele®, our pre-wired kits are a great option. We’ve done most of the work so all that’s left for you to do is install the kit in your guitar and solder in your pickups (sold separately).
Optional 3rd Wire
For Tele neck pickups we offer a 3rd Wire Option (cover ground) that allows you to run a set of our Telecaster replacement pickups in series operation with a 4-way switch—a common mod for customers seeking more versatility than a 3-way switch provides. A 3rd wire allows your pickup to function properly in either series or parallel mode and won't affect the tone in normal operation.
Pickup Dimensions
(Shown with cover)
Lollar Tele Special Pickups
• Neck Only—Played by Greg Timmons with a Vox Super Twin AC30 and an alder body, maple/rosewood neck partscaster.
• Neck and Bridge—Played by Greg Timmons with a Vox Super Twin AC30 and an alder body, maple/rosewood neck partscaster.
• Neck Only—Played by Tim Lerch on Vintage Fender Blackface amp
• Neck & Bridge—Played by Tim Lerch on Vintage Fender Blackface amp
Chrome
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Black Chrome
Lightly-aged Chrome
Lightly-aged Nickel
Lightly-aged Gold
Colors shown here may vary slightly from actual colors due to differences in computer monitors.
Paul Rose demo of Lollar Special T Series® Pickups
What They Are Saying
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Thought I Couldn't Improve on LF Blues Specials Neck Pup...
lazvt84
Location: West Virginia
Date: November 11, 2023
Blown away by this neck pickup...couldn't imagine anything better than LF's Blues Special in the neck position. Boy was I wrong.
Recommended
Full sounding neck pickup
Alex
Location: WA
Date: September 11, 2023
Great pickup for those looking for higher output and warm punch while retaining articulation without too much high end. Sounds amazing in my bright ash/maple tele, higher output balances with the bridge pickup really well.
Recommended
Clean and open sounding - LOVE IT !!!!
Rando
Location: Virginia
Date: June 22, 2022
I used the Special T neck and bridge along with the Lollar pre-wired controls using a 4-way switch. WOW. I love the sound. These pickups have the Tele sound without the shrillness associated with other Tele pickups. Great for players that like the Tele sound but need a little more mid and bottom. The neck has an open sound that really makes the pickup great for some solos.
Recommended
Spoiled....thanks
Tom
Location: Memphis
Date: March 17, 2021
I put a set of Special T's in my partscaster Tele and WOW!!! I'm ruined, so clean and full sounding. Now I have to upgrade my Strats, ES335 and PRS to get the same quality sound....thanks!!!
Recommended
Makes You Want To Play
HonestMango
Location: Texas
Date: September 20, 2017
It's not practical for me to try to use words to describe sounds, so I won't try that. I'll just say that after a year of playing my Tele with Special T's in the bridge and neck, I want to play it more every day. The neck pickup is like butter when pushed through something clean with tubes in it, and I can't believe how articulate it remains with distortion all the way through high gain settings. And while this relates to the neck pickup, I highly recommend the set. The bridge growls so perfectly with distortion, and it doesn't make you wince on clean settings.
You guys nailed this. Perfect.
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Fat Tele Tone
Mike
Location: Levittown,Pa
Date: July 11, 2017
I put a set of the Special T's in my 2009 American Standard w/ a 4-way pickup switch. Made my Tele very versatile . Great cleans while still keeping that Tele sound. When overdriven these pickups shine. No need to switch to a humbucker guitar , I can do it all w/ the Special T's. With the four-way switch in the in series position you can get pretty close to a humbucker sound. Bridge p/u on its own has a P-90 tone. You can cover a lot of ground w/ these p/u's, highly recommend them . Especially if you Play different styles of music and want your Tele to do it all.
Recommended
Fattest Tele Pickup Ever
Malamore
Location: MN
Date: February 8, 2017
My tele with the Special T pickups, sounds like a tele and a les paul jr had a love child. The pickups are so fat while still sounding like a tele. I can't play Rebel Rebel without smiling from ear to ear.
Recommended
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Frequently Asked Questions
Do you offer staggered-pole Tele pickups?
Staggered-poles are only available for our Alnico 3 Tele Bridge pickups.
What values of potentiometers and capacitors do you recommend for Tele pickups?
The most common/traditional choices are 250k pots (both volume and tone) and .047μF caps—and these are the values we typically recommend. That said, there are no hard and fast rules. You can read more about how different pot and cap values affect tone in this two-part blog post: Part I - Pots, Part II - Caps.
Our Pre-wired Kits for Teles use 250k pots and your choice of the three cap values noted above.
Can I mix and match any of your Tele neck and bridge pickups?
Yes! One thing to be aware of is that the output of different models varies, so you’ll want to consider this when pairing them.
Do you make noiseless pickups for Teles?
Our pickups are inspired by vintage builds and voicing. With that in mind, we do not build true noiseless pickups.
Do you offer “matched” or RWRP pickups for Teles?
Our two-pickup Tele sets feature a bridge pickup wound RWRP (reverse wind, reverse polarity) relative to the neck so that they will be hum cancelling in the middle selector position with proper phase.
What is your recommendation for a humbucker/single coil Tele configuration?
The most popular is a Low Wind Imperial in the neck with a Special T in the bridge. A wide variety of players will find that to be useful in all positions. However, please keep in mind that there is no one “go-to” recommendation as so much depends on playing style and musical taste.
How far from my strings should I set my Tele pickups?
We advise customers to start with 1/8” between their pickups and guitar strings with the strings fretted at the last fret. This is just a good starting point, but you can raise your pickups to increase volume, or lower them to decrease volume. Check out Jason Lollar’s video on Adjusting Your Pickups.
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